MCT New and Renewing MCTs - Update July 26
Updated July 26, 2025 As we step into FY26 on July 1st, 2025, I want to share some important updates regarding the MCT Program—especially for those planning to renew. New Fees Coming October 2025, no exact date and the cost will be shared at a later date. Starting July 1st, 2025, we will introduce: A renewal fee (ecommerce tool will be available in October 2025 for everyone to renew) A new MCT enrollment fee (ecommerce tool will be available in October 2025 for new MCTs) Our systems are currently being updated to support this change, with the new tool expected to launch in October 2025. More to come on costs. Pricing will be region supported. Session Requirement for Renewal Effective January 1st, 2026, MCTs will be required to complete six (6) sessions or six (6) days of training per calendar year to qualify for renewal. For clarity on what qualifies as a session, please refer to the attached PDF: Mandatory Use of MTM We will be enforcing stricter requirements for using Metrics That Matter (MTM) to log sessions with your Training Services Partner (TSP). Please coordinate with your TSPs to ensure MTM is being used correctly. What to Expect Next More details on program costs will be shared closer to the tool’s release. All MCTs that were MCTs before manual enrollment have been extended through January 1st, 2026, with full benefits. You’ll see this extension reflected in your profile in your MCT Trainer History NOT active certification. All current MCTs will be able to renew when the tool is available in October 2025 and the requirement to renew will be to have an active certification and have taught one class since your last renewal and pay the renewal fee (costs to come later). We will be checking that you have taught the one class using MTM. New MCTs will need ISC certificate, one role-based active certification and pay the MCT new enrollment fee. New MCT Enrollment Process | Microsoft Learn 🙏 Thank you for your continued support and patience as we enhance our systems. Here’s to a successful and impactful FY26!NEW Data & AI Course DP-600!
The Data & AI team is excited to bring you brand-new courses this year! I wanted to put the spotlight on a new Role-based course with an associated exam/cert. With the release of Microsoft Fabric, we have identified the need for a new role, Analytics Engineer. This new course teaches learners how to design, implement, and manage data analytics assets within the Microsoft Fabric platform, prepares them to pass the DP-600 exam: Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric. At a glance: Course Detail Page URL: Course DP-600T00---A: Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Trainer materials published to LDC: 1/12/24 Level: Advanced Product: Microsoft Fabric Role: Data Analyst Data Engineer Languages: English Course Duration: 4 days The course detail page is live. It can be utilized to better support course information to share to potential Learners. We want to get out our new ILT-courses, to better support preparation for future deliveries. Please let me know if you have any other questions!ACHIEVEMENT CODE REQUESTS WORKING!
We are happy to report that the achievement code requests have been fully resolved. To ensure full functionality: Log out and sign back into your account. Use CTRL-F5 to refresh the page. You should now be able to request achievement codes and provide them to your Learners. If you are still having issues, please put in a request at: https://aka.ms/ILTSupport We apologize for the inconvenience and disruption of business. Thank you for your patience, and please have a wonderful weekend! - Microsoft Learn ILT Team
New Practice Assessments available on Microsoft Learn
Practice Assessments on Microsoft Learn helps you practice, assess your knowledge, and identify the areas where you may need additional preparation to accelerate your chances of passing certification exams. Get ready for exam day with our four new Practice Assessments: Exam AZ-140: Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam AZ-700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions Exam AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure Exam AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced ServicesCourse Naming & Numbering Survey
Hi all, Our product team is seeking direct feedback from TSPs to help shape the future of Microsoft courseware naming and numbering. If you'd like to provide feedback, please complete our product survey: https://forms.office.com/r/cnXYzqp8pM Feel free to share the link with others in your organization that may have relevant input. Thank you for your feedback!
Achieving KPIs for New Courses
In the January 2024 Title Plan, there are 99 courses that a TSP can possibly offer as outlined below: 20 x Applied Skills Assessments: 64 x Exams / Certifications: AI-102T00 AI-900T00 AZ-104T00 AZ-120T00 AZ-140T00 AZ-204T00 AZ-305T00 AZ-400T00 AZ-500T00 AZ-600T00 AZ-700T00 AZ-800T00 AZ-801T00 AZ-900T00 DP-100T01 DP-203T00 DP-300T00 DP-420T00 DP-500T00 DP-600T00 DP-900T00 MB-210T01 MB-220T00 MB-230T01 MB-240T00 MB-260T00 MB-300T00 MB-310T00 MB-320T00 MB-330T00 MB-335T00 MB-500T00 MB-700T00 MB-800T00 MB-820T00 MB-910T00 MB-920T00 MD-100T00 MD-101T00 MD-102T00 MS-100T00 MS-101T00 MS-102T00 MS-203T00 MS-220T00 MS-500T00 MS-600T00 MS-700T00 MS-720T00 MS-721T00 MS-740T00 MS-900T01 PL-100T00 PL-200T00 PL-300T00 PL-400T00 PL-500T00 PL-600T00 PL-900T00 SC-100T00 SC-200T00 SC-300T00 SC-400T00 SC-900T00 15 x Listed as N/A So, in the current KPI model, a TSP is only able to claim for the 64 exams / certifications. However, Microsoft also releases many courses that don’t have exams or a certification such as the 15 listed above, or now with the applied skills assessments, where there are already 20 of them, and I suppose we can anticipate more to be released. If a TSP conducts training on everything other than the exams / certifications, does it achieve any KPIs? If not, what is the incentive from the TSP KPI achievement perspective to offer the courses? 54.7% of the total 99 courses available are then potentially not beneficial to TSPs in any way if KPIs can’t be earned from them. I want to do conduct a Microsoft 365 Copilot course for a TSP in the next few weeks and I have identified so far that only these courses will count for redemption for an achievement code: MS-900 The TSP will only get half a credit for this. There are also these courses: MS-012 MS-4004 MS-4006 But will the TSP get anything for these courses? Hope some clarity can be provided the TSP is going in with regards to this Regards Chintan PatelOnly One Day Left! Join Us at Microsoft Inspire!
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